'Photo-Rapide' both an exhibit and studio

9:57 PM,
Feb. 13, 2013

François Deschamps, 'Gado Diallo,' 2011, pigment print.

Written by

Linda Marston-Reid
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

The portrait artist is responsible for creating an accurate image by placing the sitter in the right pose and surroundings. Artists have utilized photography for portraiture as early as 1839 as a way to capture the image of a person, with the photographer controlling the lighting and the composition.

Another approach to portraiture is when the sitter is allowed to control how the portrait is arranged, including props, background and the interactions with these items. With this in mind, the exhibit of "Malian Portrait Photography" and "Photo-Rapide: François Deschamps," running ...